Thanksgiving 2015

Hey 

and welcome back. Today in Canada is Thanksgiving, Canada's Thanksgiving is a month before the American one, which I think is great because you can stuff your face full of food and when you get over how much you have eaten it not long before Christmas.

This year just like last year I went to my dads girlfriends house, the only difference this year is my dad is now living there and its just a little over an hour away, so my dad being the most amazing man that he is, drove down the most boring road in all the world to pick me up. I wasn't staying the night, for 2 reasons, I have been ill the last week and I like my bed to much, and the fact that I have a cat that needs feeding in the morning. So around 7pm my dad drove me home.

Things I am Thankful For

The biggest thing I am thankful for is my dad. He is such an amazing person, not only did he by me my apartment 3 years ago when I moved out but he is going to be paying for my rent when I move to the same city, but he is the most inspiring man that I have ever known.

One of the things my dad wanted to do when we moved to Canada back in October 2007 (dad) and April 2008 (Mum and I) was to get a Harley Davidson motorbike, which he did, a 1996 Hunter Green Road King, and my goodness was it a really nice bike. We named it Harleene, In June 2009 my parents were involed in a road crash while out on Harleene, my mum passed away and my dad was in

My Dad

critical condition, it was so bad that his body went in to shock and he had two epileptic type seizures. One while in our local hospital and one while being airlifted to the hospital in London Ontario Canada, His body had so much trauma that it put him in to a coma. At aged 20 I had to listen to doctors tell me what damage was caused to my dad's body (pretty much every bone in his body) I had to sign forms so that they could do surgeries that lasted for hours on end, he had less then 30% of surviving.

But I knew he would, and 6 years later he is still here and he survived, It was one of the most difficult times of my entire life.

As a teenager my mum said the hardest time she went through was loosing her mum and grandma in the space of a year, and she didn't know how she ever coped through that time. I know how she felt, because November 2008 my granddad past away and even though I knew he was ill it was still a shock, then my mum died 7 months later, and then my gran on my dads side died about 13 months later, and I finally understood what she meant.

So I am thankful that my dad survived the accident.


I am also thankful that I live in amazing contrary like Canada. The fact that you can fit England in to Canada 40 times kinda still blows my mind away, and there is still room to spare. MIND BLOWN. I consider both England and Canada home. One of my favorite places in Canada is Niagara Falls, and if you ever get the chance to go there go. The first ever time that I went to Niagara Falls my mouth dropped and didn't shut until we left. Its about 3 hours away from where I currently live, but is without a doubt my favorite place in Canada


Hope you had a brilliant thanksgiving or Monday.

See you in my next blog

Lauren
xo